gpgOut=$(gpg --quiet --fixed-list-mode --list-keys --with-colons \
"$keyID" 2> /dev/null)
- # return 1 if there only "tru" lines are output from gpg
+ # fail if there only "tru" lines are output from gpg, which
+ # indicates the key was not found.
if [ -z "$(echo "$gpgOut" | grep -v '^tru:')" ] ; then
failure "Key ID '$keyID' not found."
fi
+ # fail if multiple pub lines are returned, which means the id given
+ # is not unique
+ if [ $(echo "$gpgOut" | grep '^pub:' | wc -l) -gt '1' ] ; then
+ failure "Key ID '$keyID' is not unique."
+ fi
+
+ # prompt if an authentication subkey already exists
+ if echo "$gpgOut" | egrep "^(pub|sub):" | cut -d: -f 12 | grep -q a ; then
+ echo "An authentication subkey already exists for key '$keyID'."
+ read -p "Are you sure you would like to generate another one? [y|N]: " OK; OK=${OK:N}
+ if [ "${OK/y/Y}" != 'Y' ] ; then
+ failure "aborting."
+ fi
+ fi
+
# set subkey defaults
SUBKEY_TYPE=${SUBKEY_TYPE:-"RSA"}
#SUBKEY_LENGTH=${SUBKEY_LENGTH:-"2048"}